In her latest drama, The Undoing, the big stars Hugh Grant and Nicole Kidman starred.
- Both are extremely creative and imaginative, and able to react emotionally to whatever happens And so they have these extra qualities;
ultra-charming, ultra-charismatic, ultra-sexy, which is also required to be a big star, says Bier.
Susanne Bier is one of the great directors of our time, with a well-established reputation as a listening, and clear, supervisor.
- Of course I can feel doubts about things at work, but not about the basic things.
I invite conversations, listen to other people's opinions, but in the end it is I who decides, she says.
Engaged in the Danish metoo discussion
Susanne Bier is a committed voice in the Danish metoo discussion, and it was already in 2017. But then it took until last autumn before the issue became big in Denmark.
- I think it has to do with the fact that Denmark is a more liberal society than, for example, the United States.
So when it exploded in the US, we in Denmark felt that was a little too intrusive.
But then when there were more and more examples of abuse of power that bubbled up here as well, things happen.
I think it's necessary.